66 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1891. 



Mr. Hale then spoke of raspberry culture. Raspberry plants 

 should be set late in the fall or very early in the spring. 



Blackcaps are hard to set. Many plant them in hedge rows. 

 " Check" rows are cheaper. The best pruning is done by 

 pinching the new growth of the cane. It don't pay to cut out 

 old canes before spring. In the winter they sustain the new 

 canes. In the spring they can be cleaned cheaper. It pays to 

 use pint or half-pint baskets for marketing. The Springfield 

 Blackcap is early and good. The Gregg is the largest, but not 

 reliable. The Pioneer is new and vigorous. The market for 

 raspberries is limited and peculiar. 



There are too many wild blackberries for the blackberry to be 

 a staple crop here. The " Lucretia " dewberry (the ground 

 blackberry) is a very rich, large berry. Let it run on an arbor : 

 on the ground it is hard to pick. 



There is a splendid market for currants here. At present 

 New York supplies three-quarters of the currants used in New 

 England. The Victoria is late, hardy and profitable. 



